Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. After nearly two months of grieving following the recent loss of my mother, I can feel the old joy rising within me again like sap in a tree. It helps that Rachael and I have been spending a lot of time at our mountain house in northeastern Pennsylvania. What better place to get happy again than at your happy place? Nature is balm for my soul. It always has been t

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Tomorrow is the official start of Spring and there is still snow on the ground at our property in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. All the seasons run late behind up here with the exception of winter, which arrives early and lingers well into April. It’s enough to make any sane man move to Florida to enjoy his retirement. But no thank you. I love the change

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Last weekend’s big snowstorm, and all the hullabaloo in the runup to it, put me in mind of the old days growing up in the 1960s and 1970s when foot-deep snowstorms were not the exception but the rule. Back then we went into winter expecting to get at least a couple big storms that would close roads and bring our rural Pennsylvania neighborhood to a standstill. It